American Olympian Jessie Diggins pushed as hard as she could across the finish line in the women’s cross-country skiing 10-kilometer freestyle and nabbed a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.

Diggins, battling bruised ribs, was trying to make the podium in between Swedish and Norwegian skiers. She endured the pain and fell to the ground.

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She was writhing in pain just after crossing the line. The NBC broadcast heard Diggins yell as her teammate tried to help her out while she tried to catch her breath. Diggins did it for love of the sport and now can call herself an Olympic medalist. She crossed the line at 23.38.90.

Sweden’s Frida Karlsson had the top time of 22:49.20, finishing 46.6 seconds ahead of fellow Swede Ebba Andersson. Norway’s Astria Oeyre Slind was just over 3 seconds behind Diggins.

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Jessie Diggins of the United States and Hailey Swirbul of the United States react after the race on Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)

It’s the first medal for Team USA on the day as the U.S. looked to hang with Italy and Norway in the total medal standings.

Diggins was a silver medalist in the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the event. She also had a bronze in the individual sprint in those Games. Diggins was a part of the gold-medal winning team sprint at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

She can still pick up more medals with the 50-meter classical race and the 4×7.5-kilometer relay still to come.

Jessie Diggins of United States and Krista Parmakoski of Finland in action on Feb. 12, 2026.  (REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)

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Diggins and American Ben Ogden are now medalists in the sport. Ogden won a silver in the men’s classical sprint earlier this week.

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Sri Lanka continued their commanding run in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, crushing Oman by 105 runs at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday to secure their second straight win in the tournament.

Chasing a mammoth 226-run target, Oman were restricted to 120-9 in 20 overs. Mohammad Nadeem top-scored for his side with 53 off 56 balls, including three fours and one six. 

Wasim Ali contributed 27 off 20 deliveries, hitting three sixes, while the rest of the batting lineup failed to make a significant impact.

Sri Lanka’s bowling was led by Dushmantha Chameera and Maheesh Theekshana, who picked up two wickets each. Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha and Kamindu Mendis chipped in with one wicket apiece.

Batting first, Sri Lanka posted a formidable 225-5 in 20 overs, thanks to outstanding contributions from wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, and skipper Dasun Shanaka.

The hosts had a shaky start, losing Pathum Nissanka for 13 off 11 balls after hitting two boundaries, dismissed by Sufyan Mehmood, and Kamil Mishara for eight, bowled by Jay Odedra, leaving the score at 42-2 in 5.1 overs.

Rathnayake and Kusal Mendis then steadied the innings with a 94-run partnership, during which Rathnayake registered his maiden T20I fifty. 

The partnership ended when Rathnayake was bowled by Jiten Ramanandi for a crucial 60 off 28 balls, featuring eight fours and one six, with Sri Lanka at 136-3 in 13.3 overs.

Skipper Dasun Shanaka joined Kusal Mendis and the pair batted aggressively, surpassing the 150-run mark with a 63-run partnership. 

Shanaka was dismissed for a blistering 50 off just 20 balls, including two fours and five sixes, again by Ramanandi. 

On the very next delivery, Kusal Mendis was run out for 61 off 45 balls, which included seven fours, leaving Sri Lanka at 200-5 in 18.2 overs.

Sri Lanka finished their innings with Kamindu Mendis unbeaten on 19 off seven deliveries, hitting one four and two sixes, while Dunith Wellalage contributed six runs.

Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup have skyrocketed on FIFA’s official resale platform, with seats for many matches listed at several times their face value even though most tickets have only recently been distributed following the end of the main sales phase in January.

Weeks after FIFA President Gianni Infantino warned that tickets made available on resale sites were likely to come with an exorbitant price tag, those fears have come to pass on world football’s own platform.

As of Wednesday, a “category three” seat — the highest section of the stands — for the tournament’s opening game between Mexico and South Africa at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium on June 11 was listed at $5,324, compared to an original price of $895.

One category three seat for the World Cup final on July 19 at East Rutherford, New Jersey, meanwhile, was being advertised for an eye-watering $143,750 — more than 41 times its original face value of $3,450.

The cheapest available ticket for the final on the resale site was listed at $9,775.

In a few rare cases, though, some ticket prices have actually decreased. One ticket for Austria’s group game with Jordan at the Levi’s Stadium in California — which hosted Sunday’s Super Bowl — is being offered at $552 despite costing its original buyer $620.

For football fans around the world, some of the prices on FIFA’s resale site are confirmation of what they have railed against since the tournament draw in December.

“These exorbitant prices unfortunately don’t surprise me. It reflects what we know and what we fight against: many people buy to resell,” Guillaume Aupretre, spokesperson for the France national team supporters group “Irresistibles Francais”, which has nearly 2,500 members.

“In the end, who pays the price? The passionate fans who end up with outrageous offers. We would prefer that this benefit real fans who come to support their team, but unfortunately, that’s not the case.”

Yet despite the steep price tag, sales remain brisk, reflecting a global clamor that has seen some 500 million requests for tickets according to FIFA.

‘Monumental betrayal’ 

While its resale platform benefits from FIFA’s endorsement, the football body specifies in its terms of sale that it acts only as a facilitator — for a 15% fee — in this fan-to-fan market, and that resellers are the ones who determine ticket prices.

“Generally speaking, the pricing model adopted for FIFA World Cup 26 reflects the existing market practice for major entertainment and sporting events within our hosts on a daily basis, soccer included,” FIFA said in a statement.

“This is also a reflection of the treatment of the secondary market for tickets, which has a distinct legal treatment than in many other parts of the world. We are focused on ensuring fair access to our game for existing but also prospective fans.”

The resale market is unregulated in the United States and Canada. In Mexico, reselling a ticket above face value is prohibited, but only when the ticket is purchased in Mexico using the local currency.

Ticketing has become one of the most controversial issues surrounding the World Cup, with fan groups around the world such as Football Supporters Europe accusing FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” over pricing.

That in turn prompted FIFA to introduce a tiny sliver of tickets priced at $60 for official supporters groups. Critics maintain the cut-price category does not go far enough in addressing the problem.

FIFA meanwhile has been notifying applicants since February 5 whether they have obtained tickets during the second sales phase, which ended in January.

A final “last-minute” sales phase, from April until the end of the competition, will be organized on a “first-come, first-served” basis.

During these sales phases, FIFA states that it applies “variable pricing” whereby prices fluctuate “according to demand and availability” for each match.

However, it emphasizes that it does not apply “a dynamic pricing model (…) given that prices are not automatically adjusted.”